World War I and II Posters

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Poster 1Keep Up The Good Work An early British poster from World War II telling the British People that Courage,

Poster 2Careless Talk Costs Lives Both in Britain and the US governments were concerned about soldiers, sailors and airmen on holiday telling loved ones and others information that the enemy might use to kill servicemen , this is just one example of a British poster telling the servicemen not to say anything about where they were fighting or any other information the enemy might use .

These type of posters were used from very early in the war right to the end of the war

Poster 3Work Faster and Harder To Support The War Many posters similar to this were made asking the British Factory Worker to work harder and faster to support the war effort and the boys in the front lines

Poster 4US Grow Your Own Can Your Own Food The US Office of War Information releases this poster extolling the virtues of growing your own vegetables and canning any extra for use in the winter

Poster 5Help With War Effort Provide Scrap America Needed scrap to build planes, ships, tanks and more for the war effort and the posters combined with school and community put Americans at home to work with scrap collecting projects to help the war effort.

The war machine needed every kind of raw material ranging from rubber, metal, paper and old rags.

When World War II started America had one of the smaller armed forced in the world , by the end of World War II it had the largest armed

Poster 6Winston Churchill Poster Winston Churchill was seen as a hero by the British People , he was a great speech maker and unlike many politicians spent time at the front lines with the very troops and men he had sent to war.

Poster 7US Rationing Is Fair To All As the US introduces more rationing of essential goods the poster is created to promote sharing and fairness to all ,

Poster 8The Easy Girls Spread Disease A poster telling the serviceman that if a girl is easy she may well be full of Venereal Diseases

Poster 9US Meat Rationing Poster Introduced in the US for meat rationing .Only use your fair weekly share of meat to support the war effortMen, Women and Children Over 12 2 1/2 lbs per weekChildren 6 to 12 1 1/2 1lbs per weekChildren Under 6 3/4 1lb per weekThe following are not part of your meat ration and you can use them in addition to your rationLiver, Kidneys, Brains, Chicken and Fish

Poster 10British Dig For Victory Poster A well known British Poster telling the public to dig for victory and grow as much greens and fruit as they can to help the war effort

Poster 11Work On A Farm This Summer Issued by the US Office of War Information Help the war effort work on a farm this summer.

Hoping to get students to help on the farms in summer holidays as many of the farmers and sons and daughters were away fighting the war and the country and farms needed labor to help bring in the crops that would feed those at home and those fighting at the front.

Poster 12Become A Nurse And Help The Soldiers Become A nurse Your Country and the men on the front lines need you

Poster 13Serve In The Waaf Poster from the British Airforce for recruiting women to join the WAAF and support the Royal Airforce

Poster 14World War I England Needs You One of the most Famous World War Posters from World War I

Your King Needs You Britain Needs YouJoin The British Army

Poster 15Uncle Sam Needs You Poster Although this most famous of posters was used during the second world war, it was originally from the First World War, but due to it's great style and easy recognition was also used during the second world war

Poster 16Australia World War II Poster Australia World War II Poster It is nice to Surf , But join up and help the war effort and the other men in the trenches

Poster 17So Much By So Many To So Few This poster was a direct result from a speech made by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill referring to the RAF pilots who fought to protect England during the Battle Of Britain

Poster 18British Ministry of Information Poster Following the start of World War II the British Ministry of Information use posters that appeal to the British sense of well being. The government of Britain believed that with the bombing of London and Other British cities the "British Stiff Upper Lip" was needed more than ever and this poster together with others from the same era promoted that most British quality. For those interested a copy of this poster can be obtained from the Victoria and Albert Museum Website.